Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

Intermec Concludes RFID Rapid Start Licensing Program

Thursday, September 1, 2005

Intermec announced a limited-time Rapid Start Licensing Program designed to provide RFID manufacturers access to Intermec RFID innovation and to simplify licensing of its RFID intellectual property portfolio. That program concluded today. Intermec will name companies participating in the Rapid Start program on Sept. 7. [end] 

Gemalto announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract from the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to supply 40 to 80 million secure Sealys documents for a variety of official permits. These include digital tachograph cards, the next generation of polycarbonate driver’s licenses, and biometric residence permits, in a multi-year contract.

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Financial Software & Systems (FSS) announced a new program - Smart Start - which aims to enable U.S. card issuers to implement smart card technology into their operations in less than four months.

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The state of Georgia has enlisted the help of LexisNexis to start a pilot program that utilizes identity verification and authentication tools to combatting tax fraud, reports Accounting Today.

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Nationals Parks, home for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball, has initiated a pilot program where season ticket holders will each have their tickets delivered in the form of a smart card embedded with an RFID chip, according to Sports Business Daily.

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Air-Trak, in collaboration with Intermec, announced a partnership with Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling to deliver a new RFID solution to improve billing accuracy and customer support for solid waste management.

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Bombardier Transportation has teamed up with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) to improve track worker protection with the company’s RFID and other advanced technologies.

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